Mexico and the Mexicans in the Kaluz Collection

This catalogue accompanies the inaugural exhibition of the Kaluz Museum, Mexico and the Mexicans in the Kaluz Collection, as a faithful display of a collector’s passion for their cultural and artistic heritage. With a selection of more than 200 works that span a period of more than 250 years, mostly Mexican figurative painting, this catalogue presents the work of painters who have been captivated by Mexico’s beauty, rarity and majesty. This pictorial exhibition talks about the country’s landscape, people, food, customs and traditions.

The talent and the gaze of established artists such as Pelegrín Clavé, José María Velasco, Joaquín Clausell, Gerardo Murillo «Dr. Atl », Ángel Zárraga, Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, José Clemente Orozco and Raúl Anguiano, are among the most prominent firms in the collection of the Kaluz Museum.